Comments on: It’s hard to catch the bus when the MBTA tells you to wait in the wrong place! http://blog.kamens.us/2009/07/09/its-hard-to-catch-the-bus-when-the-mbta-tells-you-to-wait-in-the-wrong-place/ Musings of an indignant mind Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Em in Maine http://blog.kamens.us/2009/07/09/its-hard-to-catch-the-bus-when-the-mbta-tells-you-to-wait-in-the-wrong-place/comment-page-1/#comment-104715 Em in Maine Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:52:39 +0000 http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=744#comment-104715 I've spent over an hour trying to plan a route for a seminar I want to attend next Tuesday and the planner won't let me pick a street that is clearly on the 554 route map. It wants to drop me at the Waltham station over a mile away. The planner definitely needs work. I’ve spent over an hour trying to plan a route for a seminar I want to attend next Tuesday and the planner won’t let me pick a street that is clearly on the 554 route map. It wants to drop me at the Waltham station over a mile away.

The planner definitely needs work.

]]> By: jik http://blog.kamens.us/2009/07/09/its-hard-to-catch-the-bus-when-the-mbta-tells-you-to-wait-in-the-wrong-place/comment-page-1/#comment-104133 jik Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:38:12 +0000 http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=744#comment-104133 I'd be interested in seeing the start and end addresses you were giving the Trip Planner which caused it to arrive at that "interesting" result. Personally, I've found the Planner useful for the routes for which it has correct data. But it's simply unacceptable for the Planner to have data in it that's simply wrong, let alone for it to have the same wrong data for over six years even after the problem was brought to the T's attention. I’d be interested in seeing the start and end addresses you were giving the Trip Planner which caused it to arrive at that “interesting” result.

Personally, I’ve found the Planner useful for the routes for which it has correct data. But it’s simply unacceptable for the Planner to have data in it that’s simply wrong, let alone for it to have the same wrong data for over six years even after the problem was brought to the T’s attention.

]]> By: Juggling Frogs http://blog.kamens.us/2009/07/09/its-hard-to-catch-the-bus-when-the-mbta-tells-you-to-wait-in-the-wrong-place/comment-page-1/#comment-104132 Juggling Frogs Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:33:28 +0000 http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=744#comment-104132 The MBTA Trip Planner is worse than useless. When helping my son plan his commute to his summer job, we consulted it for how to get to the Woburn Mall (which is within easy walking distance of his office.) The Planner indicated he should take two T trains to a bus to the Burlington Mall, and then walk over to the Woburn Mall, as the Burlington Mall was a 7 minute WALK from the Woburn Mall. It's over 5 miles between the two "as the crow flies" from the closest edges of one to another. I couldn't drive between the two in 10 minutes on a traffic-free day. The MBTA Trip Planner is worse than useless. When helping my son plan his commute to his summer job, we consulted it for how to get to the Woburn Mall (which is within easy walking distance of his office.) The Planner indicated he should take two T trains to a bus to the Burlington Mall, and then walk over to the Woburn Mall, as the Burlington Mall was a 7 minute WALK from the Woburn Mall.

It’s over 5 miles between the two “as the crow flies” from the closest edges of one to another. I couldn’t drive between the two in 10 minutes on a traffic-free day.

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